re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict

Ditto

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On Friday Rep. Dan Meuser (R-PA) reported on the repercussions of Joe Biden’s actions. According to the Wall Street Journal the keystone decision will force the US to supplement their energy demands from Putin’s Russia and Maduro’s Venezuela.

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https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/01/putins-puppet-joe-bidens-eo-blocking-keystone-pipeline-forces-us-imports-russia-venezuelan-marxist-regime-video/

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actions. According to the Wall Street Journal the keystone decision will force the US to supplement their energy demands from Putin’s Russia and Maduro’s Venezuela

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Or, ya know, we could just open up production in the US.

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RA'd for sticky as well.

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Weirdly the most convincing piece of information I’ve learned from this thread that things aren’t going well for Russia is that the political board thread anchor was removed.

More good news from Ben Wallace. Couple of days old. Underlines the importance of resupplying Ukraine with western weapons whenever possible.

Both the U.S. and Britain believe the most effective way to help Ukraine at the moment is providing Russian-made, Soviet-era military equipment compatible with what Ukrainian forces already have, Wallace said.

The U.K.’s defense ministry has focused on finding Russian-made hardware in countries around the world, but officials discovered Russia was also looking to replenish its own stocks, Wallace said.

“Sometimes we’ve bumped into the Russians in some countries looking for some of the resupplies because that’s what they’re running out of fast.”

In long run, Putin has 'lost,' U.K. defense secretary says

One thing is for certain: Russia will always pick the most retarded option possible.

That being said, I think even the most idiotic of soldiers in the rocket corps would know better than to follow through with a launch order.

As crooked as Russia is, I’m sure that the money allocated for nuke maintenance is currently moored in a picturesque harbor in Mallorca like everything else.

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I don't know if it's true but I've seen a couple times now references to Putin having blood cancer. If that's true and he dies in the near future that might change the dynamics some

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I don't know if it changes the dynamics or not, but it definitely does explain timing of the invasion. Putin could have waited two to three years and filled his coffers with $$$ from high oil prices and gotten Europe so dependent on Russian natural gas with the opening of Nord Stream 2 that they would not have risked helping Ukriane. Plus he would have caught the USA and Ukraine in presidential election cycles where an unpopular incumbents (Zelenski's approval rating was in the low 30s prior to the invasion and Biden's approval ratings are in the 30s now) were trying to win reelection so both Ukraine and the USA would have been divided and less able to respond. However, if it is true that a 69 year old Putin really does have leukemia (aka blood cancer) then he likely does not have 2 or 3 years. The average life expectancy for AML (which is the most common leukemia for someone Putin's age) for people 70 and older. Putin had to invade Ukraine when he did if he wanted to achieve his life's vision of Novorussia.

I have requested a sticky twice

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Eh, this war will drag on another year or two. Most of this thread is just idle chit chat and one side flaming the other. I’d rather let this one die and get new threads for major developments.

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It got unstickied on the day that Ukraine launched a major counteroffensive that has the potential of doing serious damage to the Russian efforts. If Ukraine captures Izium and/or cuts the Russian GLOC to Izium the majority of the Russian troops in Ukraine will either be cut off or have to retreat back to positions the separatist held prior to launching the invasion. You are right the war probably will go on for a while and possibly years since the pre-invasion controlled areas and Crimea are heavily fortified and the fighting will likely turn back into WW1 style trench warfare like it was from 2014 to 02/23/22. However, the next 2 - 6 weeks will be active AF. Plus the ground is just now drying up for us to get some good old fashion tank on tank battles.

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Plus the ground is just now drying up for us to get some good old fashion tank on tank battles.

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That will probably make things a lot more difficult for the Ukrainians. It’s nice when your drones just have to scan roads looking for bunched up targets. Scanning thousands of square miles of fields and forests looking for tanks is a whole new ball game no matter how good your equipment is.

The Russians being stuck to roads was an advantage for Ukraine because they could focus their technically superior combat power at small choke points as opposed to vast fronts. Will be interesting to see how it plays out.